ARPANET was a success and United States government now had a way of connecting computing centers to each other and allowing scientists, university professors, and students to communicate and work together.

By 1972, there were about 50 universities connected to network, yet computers were still not available for people to use in their homes. Computers were still only to be found in major computing centers and people using them were all highly trained experts.

During next 10 years other networks began to spring up. Some of these were known as UUC, USENET, CSNET, and BINET. People started wondering about how they could bring these individual networks together by connecting them.

This was not an easy task. Scientists had to discover how to direct flow of information from one computer to another. They also needed to find out how to get different brands of computers to communicate with each other. They had to discover how to keep information safe and private. There were many problems to be solved in beginning to shape future of Internet.

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